page_title: David Blomfield
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: David Blomfield / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Richmond Cemetery, headstone of David Guy Blomfield MBE (1934–2016)
context_page_description: Dr David Guy Blomfield MBE was leader of the Liberal Party group on Richmond upon Thames Council, a writer, a book editor and a local historian.
context_section_description: He lived in Kew, London with his wife Caroline, with whom he had three children (two sons and a daughter). He died on 12 July 2016, a day after celebrating his 82nd birthday.
caption: David Blomfield's grave at Richmond Cemetery
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